Marie Yoshida

Golden Sister (Aus) (Capitalist {Aus}), a 3-year-old half-sister to dual Hong Kong Horse of the Year, seven-time Group 1 winner and $16-million earner Golden Sixty (Aus), will be bred to the latter's Darley America-based stallion Medaglia d'Oro to Northern Hemisphere time in 2023. The news was confirmed by Denys Chan, agent for All Winners Thoroughbreds, who purchased the filly for A$425,000 at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale in 2021, and Darley's Darren Fox. Like Golden Sixty, Golden Sister was bred by the Hutchins family's Asco International Pty Ltd....

A good horse can come from anywhere, can come in all shapes and sizes. Perhaps no horse in the history of the Hong Kong turf embodies that idea more than the diminutive, but wildly talented California Memory (Highest Honor {Fr}--Kalpita, by Spinning World). Brookdale Farm's Fred Seitz acquired Kalpita privately after she was led out unsold on a bid of 48,000gns at Tattersalls December in 2005 and the mare foaled a grey colt Mar. 2, 2006. Hailing from the female family of champions Bosra Sham (Woodman) and Hector Protector (Woodman),...

By nature of circumstance, Inglis will host its flagship Australian Easter Yearling Sale on Apr. 7 and 8 in virtual form. While many view this as an inconvenient but necessary way for trade to get done, Marie Yoshida sees it differently. Yoshida, who is French-born, resides in Kentucky and does business globally, said some of her Hong Kong-based clients partook in Inglis's test auction on Friday. And she had very positive feedback. "William Inglis has done an amazing job," she said. "They've harnessed the top technology, and they listened to...